Metropolitan Opera by John W. Freeman

Book Description

Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.

Following the first volume, this second book provides the plots of a further 124 operas. Each composer featured is the subject of a short biographical sketch, with details of the opera's first performances, the librettists and the cast, and a detailed summary of the plot.

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